Tag: Thanksgiving

• Cheating, Unhappy Wives, and Eating Together – Thoughts from November 25 and December 2, 2024

  

  November 25, 2024 I’ve never cheated on Patti, and I never will. I’m sure I’ve had opportunities, but I’ve probably missed them by being clueless to such things. If someone was willing to cheat on Patti with me, I wouldn’t want to be with them anyway. My flirting game is virtually nonexistent. I never really…

  Brian Kirwan

  November 4, 2025

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  2024, characters in the songs, cheating, cheating at work, cheating on his wife, Cher’ autobiography, compromise, cutting my hair, disturbing image, early song, eating at the dinner table regularly, eating at the same time, feeling guilty, finding a better person, flirting game, glad not to be an adult, going to a prostitute, good hair day, Goodby to My Soul, haircut, hanging out, low life expectancy, mullet hair, my walk, never dated, non-romantic, non-working oven, Patti, picturing myself with a wife, posture, putting up with crap, smoker’s laugh, song wife, songwriting days, surrounded by cheaters, Thanksgiving, therapy, thoughts, traditional dates, unhappy wives, wife passes away

• Horrible People, Gravelly Throats, and Autobiographies – Thoughts from November 9 to 23, 2024

  

  November 9, 2024 I need to write now more than ever, but I’m afraid of what I’m going to say. When Patti and I took our trip along Route 66, there were Trump signs almost every mile as we drove. We knew there was a huge section of America that ignored every horrible thing Trump…

  Brian Kirwan

  October 28, 2025

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  2024, acid reducer, addictions, avoiding family members, being abused, Brian Wilson autobiography, comedy autobiographies, conceptual and performance artist, dietary restrictions, documentary, get it lasered off, gravelly voice, hateful renaissance, HBO, Laughlin, Marina Abramović, medication, medication helping?, mental health issues, misinformation and hate, miss singing in the car, music-making, musical process, negative influence, Patti, people rewarded for horrible behavior, prescription, prescription strength, progress, Republicans, Route 66, stomach pain, Thanksgiving, The Artist is Present, The Beach Boys, thoughts, throat doctor, torture herself for art, Trump signs, vocal cord polyp, worst of the worst people, worst President in history

• Thanksgiving Orphans and Thinking Differently from Everyone – Thoughts from November 19 to 28, 2023

  

  November 19, 2023 I found out from Patti that we might be orphans on Thanksgiving. Hopefully, it will keep me from over stuffing myself like I normally do. Except for my last two days off, I’m down in my weight. Holidays have become mainly about eating and drinking more than you normally would. All the…

  Brian Kirwan

  October 15, 2024

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  2023, almond butter, atheist, behavior, being too honest, being unique, days off, debaucherous eating, dessert, drinking enough water, eating unhealthy food, emotional eating, excluding myself, food associated with holidays, forgetting to drink water, freethinkers, gaining weight, happiness and health, health problem, holiday treats, holidays, I look normal, judgemental thoughts, mental illnesses, mini donuts, movies, not moving, Patti, privileged group, routine, squishy couch, Thanksgiving, The Whale, thinking differently, thoughts, turkey, unique thinking, unrelatable, wine

• Cabinets and Bun Bun – Thoughts from November 11 and 18, 2023

  

  November 11, 2023 Today is 11/11. Need I say more? It would be funny if that was all I said, but I actually have thoughts to write about. I don’t know what they are right now, but I’m sure I will come up with something. My thoughts are happening all day long. I just need…

  Brian Kirwan

  October 8, 2024

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  2023, attaching cabinets to the wall, bouncy nose, Bun Boy, Bun Bun, bunny, cabinets, cat ears, eating a dead plant, eating our grass, finishing the cabinets, gaining weight, grocery shopping, I speak cat, memory, neighborhood animal, paint the wall, Patti, petting rabbit, rabbit, rabbit ears, rabbits eat hay, remembering past thoughts, running out of time, sniffing my hand, speaking cat, speaking rabbit, Thanksgiving, thoughts, what can be done in one day, writing, yelling at other drivers

• Thanksgiving – Thoughts from November 21 and 27, 2022

  

  November 21, 2022 I’m listening to Jenny Lawson’s book Broken and have listened to others by her. Like me, she has anxiety issues and thinks weird thoughts. I’m enjoying it. It turns out I enjoy hearing other people’s weird thoughts as much as writing my own. I like people I can relate to. I can’t…

  Brian Kirwan

  February 1, 2024

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  2022, addicted, addictions, America, anxiety issues, arguments, arguments with relatives, author, being a sidekick, belief, book, Broken, celebrate my flaws, Competition ruins everything, debt, demeaning, disagreement, discriminatory practices, equal partner, flaws are relatable, forgiving student loan debt, future consequences, help young people, Jenny Lawson, literary works, non-smoking, normalized discrimination, older people, other points of view, Patti, pleasant conversations, political leanings, privilege, promise of money, removing personality, resources, smoking, Thanksgiving, the addict I love, thoughts, weird thoughts, word choice, writing, youngsters

• Eye Twitching Holidays – Thoughts from November 17 to December 18, 2003

  

  November 17, 2003 My system had a minor crash again. I had worked on a song (a sad song), and it suddenly wouldn’t let me logon to Windows. After much ado, it’s back, but I’ve been saving all my songs in multiple locations – which I should have done before, but at least I’m doing…

  Brian Kirwan

  May 18, 2023

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  2003, alcoholism, always driving, animation, assisted living, back up, bad eating, being driven, California Adventure, Cameron, cause of death, Christmas, computer, dad, death certificate, Disneyland, driving, eye twitching, Grand Californian, Grand Canyon, holidays, mom, my songs, nephews, nerd, Nightmare Before Christmas, Paradise Pier Hotel, Patti, shy, shyness, Sister, smoking, soundtrack, stress, stress free, stressing out, system crash, Thanksgiving, the boys, thoughts, twins, Twisted Land of Oz